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Theatre in 1966 (Blogathon ’09 #11)

by on 25. Jul, 2009 in Blogathon, General, Theatre

Never before has the Spanish Inquisition been so entertaining as in the 1966 Tony Award winning Best Musical Man of La Mancha (OK, maybe in Mel Brooks’s History of the World: Part I)! This musical has become a popular community theatre piece, revived all over the country.  It’s based on the 17th century novel by [...]

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Theatre in 1965 (Blogathon ’09 #10)

by on 25. Jul, 2009 in Blogathon, General, Theatre

Image via Wikipedia One of my favorite musicals of all time is Tony Award winning Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof.  This is just a stunning work, both on-stage and on-screen.  Topol is the embodiment of a time and place that no longer exist, and I cry every time! When I was in high school [...]

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Theatre in 1962 (Blogathon ’09 #7)

by on 25. Jul, 2009 in Blogathon, General, Theatre

In 1962, both the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Interesting tidbit from Wikipedia: The original Broadway production credited the choreography to an obscure dance director named Hugh Lambert, while the much better-known Bob Fosse received only a “musical staging [...]

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